Emc research bias1/15/2024 ![]() I think the industry at-large saw that APRA AMCOS took a stand on something, and by doing so, hopefully it heightens awareness of how real the gender imbalance is and that it can be addressed – even by a large organisation like us. It’s now about aligning them with the right initiatives. We’ve not seen results from the external programs as yet as the activity has only just started, but what has been fantastic is the incredible level of support from men to be involved in the mentoring and workshops. Ensuring the membership programs we are delivering are set within the 40/40/20 measure has meant we are engaging with more women to work with us and in turn raising their profile more broadly. The announcement of the initiatives have been well received by the membership. On how these initiatives have improved the representation of women in the music industry thus far: We’re also ensuring men are involved in the programs to build their understanding of the challenges faced by women within career development and sharing their insights and networks. A series of mentoring opportunities are also underway across multiple genres – screen, jazz, classical, metal, and contemporary/pop - and by April next year, we’ll be delivering workshops to focus on personal and professional skills development. The measure is about a balance, so the 40/40/20 is about having programs where there is 40% of each gender (as an individual identifies themselves) with 20% leeway. ![]() At least 40% of our national event series panellists will be female, and we'll also address female representation in terms of topics specific to their career development. We've implemented a 40/40/20 measure on membership programs, which will see an increase in women within our programs and initiatives including the Ambassador program, SongHubs, SongMakers and Professional Development Awards, as well as judges, presenters and performers at our Awards series. The findings of the research were released in August this year, and APRA AMCOS have committed to improving equity within the membership and our programs. So to better understand the challenges and barriers to their career pathways we commissioned research through RMIT. We identified that screen composition was an example of this with only 13% representation of women. 21.7% of the membership is female, and depending on the genre this percentage can drop further. This led to a focus on the low female representation within the membership. This included a renewed policy in relation to flexible work arrangements, a grant program to provide funding for further education externally, and internal initiatives such as mentoring and training for personal skills development in areas such as public speaking. Three years ago, APRA AMCOS undertook an internal review of the organisation through consultation with senior-level female professionals and established programs to support and promote the professional pathway of women within the company. Ahead of the panel, which you can get tickets to HERE, we asked Jana Gibson from APRA AMCOS and Picnic Events' Carly Roberts on what they (and their respective companies) are doing to reduce the white male bias in the Australian music industry, as well as a bunch of other super important things which you can check out below:ĪPRA AMCOS' Jana Gibson on what APRA AMCOS are doing to reach an equal Australian music industry: The Conscious/Unconscious Gender Bias panel at this year's Electronic Music Conference aims to discuss the initiatives currently in place (and those coming into place in 2018) to increase the representation of non-males in our music industry, using a number of female and non-binary industry heavyweights to get the point across – LGBT+ DJ and producer Brooke Powers, APRA AMCOS' Jana Gibson, Picnic Events' Carly Roberts, and Jungle's Chloe Rickard. The consensus was that the change must come from within the music industry, whether it's prominent industry figureheads encouraging more women and people of colour to take on higher, more important roles within the companies or whether it's these figures using their platforms and voices to promote people from these backgrounds better. In a recent piece exploring the representation of women, trans and non-binary performers, and performers of colour on Australian festival stages, we asked several prominent Australian musicians from these backgrounds – Yeo, Ngaiire, OKENYO and Rachel Maria Cox – on what should be done to increase the representation of these groups in our music industry, both on our stages and behind the scenes. ![]() Tickets are on sale now via, with tickets to the Conscious/Unconscious Gender Bias Panel available HERE. Electronic Music Conference 2017 visits Sydney's Redfern for a two-day program seeing international music leaders and industry experts appear across an array of panels, talks, workshops, parties and masterclasses on November 29-30. ![]()
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